List of mayors of York, Pennsylvania explained

Post:Mayor
Body:York, Pennsylvania
Incumbent:Michael Helfrich
Incumbentsince:January 2, 2018
Termlength:Four years
Formation:1887
Inaugural:Daniel Noell
Website:Office of the Mayor

The mayor of York, Pennsylvania is the city's chief executive since its incorporation on January 11, 1887. The current mayor is the 27th,[1] and two mayors were reelected non-consecutively.

Mayors of York

scope="col" scope="col" Mayor Party Term Notes
1 1 1887–1893
2 2 1893–1896
3 3 Democrat 1896–1899
4 4 Democrat 1899–1900
5 5 Democrat 1900–1902
6 6 Republican1902–1905
7 7 1905–1908
8 8 1908–1911
9 9 1911–1916
10 10 1916–1928
11 8 1928–1932 Served previously
12 11 1932–1942
13 12 1942–1944
14 13 Republican 1944–1948
15 14 1948–1952
16 15 1952–1956
17 16 1956–1962
18 13 Republican1962–1969 Served previously
19 17 1969–1970 First appointed female mayor[2]
20 18 1970–1974
21 19 Republican 1974–1978
22 20 Democrat 1978–1982 First elected female mayor
23 21 Republican 1982–1994 49th President of the United States Conference of Mayors
24 22 Democrat 1994–2002 Withdrew re-election bid after arrest[3]
25 23 Democrat  – January 4, 2010
26 24 Democrat  – January 2, 2018 First black mayor
27 25 Democrat  – present Ran as a Republican[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jim. McClure. Winner in the November election the 26th mayor of York, Pa. . York Town Square . May 19, 2009. August 22, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929114103/http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/2009/05/mayors.html . September 29, 2011 .
  2. News: Check out these updated lists of pioneering York County minorities, women . York Daily Record . November 4, 2009 . January 4, 2018 . Jim . McClure . York Town Square .
  3. News: York mayor won't seek re-election . Baltimore Sun . May 25, 2001 . September 12, 2012 . Jennifer . McMenamin . In a brief letter to the York County Democratic Party chairman, Robertson, 67, announced that he would withdraw as the party's candidate....
  4. News: Court challenge would block Helfrich from taking office as York mayor . December 29, 2017 . January 4, 2018 . York Daily Record . Gordon . Rago . a Democrat, he ran as a Republican after winning enough write-in votes in the GOP primary .